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SETH E. OLAP?, OF OAMBRlDGE, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND GEORGE IA OLAPP, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 73,43'5, dated January 21, 1868.

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TO ALL WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

Beit known that I, SETE E. OLAP?, of Cambridge, in the county of Middlesex, and State of Massachusctts, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cork-Fullers; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon. v

The nature of my invention consists in making a cork-puller, by combining with a number of grapplingprongs a. central spear, said spear serving to pierce the cork, and to draw it up between the prongs.

To enableothers skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe its construction and use. In the drawings- Figure 1 represents the cork-puller with the prongs closed in, ready to insert in the bottle.

Figure 2 is an elevation showing itin the bottle, the prongs being open, -the cork having been pierced by the spear, suspended between the prongs.

Figure 3 is an elevation showing the cork-puller drawn partly out of the bottle, the prongs being pressed on to the cork by thel neck of the bottle.

A, iig. 1, `represents the handle. B B', in all the drawings, is a rod, attached to the handle, and sharpened at its lower end, se that it may serve as a. spear for sticking into thevcork. A ttaehed to the rod B B is a metallic sleeve, C, enclosing the prongs H H H. This sleeve, being attached to the rod B, slips from one end of the prongs to the other. When at the lower end of the prongs, as represented in g. 1, it draws them together, so that the instrument may be passed into the mouth of the bottle. lrVhen at the upper end of the prongs, the prongs spring out, as represented in fig. 2. The three prongs H H H are soldered together, as represented by D, figs. 1 and 3. c2 d df are three small horns, which rest upon the mouth of thebottle, as shown in fig. 2

To usemy invention, I proceed as follows: The vprongs are closed, as shown in iig. 1, andthe instrument inserted in the bottle, the lower end of the spear, B', being inserted suihciently intothe co-rk to make the cork adhere to it. New, if theprongs are heldstationary, and the spear B B be dra-wn up, it will slide up the sleeve '0, as shown in 2, and allow the prongs H H H to op'en, so that the cork K will be drawn up between them, as represented by fig. 2. By continuing 'to pull upon B B', the whole will be drawn towards the mouth ot` the bottle, as shown in iig. 3, in which case the prongs will be crowded hard on to the cork,^and clasp it so {irrnly that it may be drawn entirely out of the bottle. I do not wish to confine myself to any particular kind of a spear. The point may be made in the form ot an arrow-head, or may be cleft, like an eel-spear, and still work well.-

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is- The combination of the spear B B with the sleeve C and the grappling-prongs II H H, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth. ySETH E. CLAPP.

Witnesses:

FRANK G. PARKER, A. HUN BERRY. 

